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OREGOi. CiTY COURIER, FRIDAY, SEPT. 2 i9Q4 7 STORY OF AN OYSTER TOLD BY HIMG'iLF ABOUT HIMSELF AND HIS TRIBE. . The Trlala and Tribulations of the guccnlent Bivalve From the Time ' of Planting Until HU Appearance on the Flchtuoujffer'a Counter. There were about 000,000 of us when, as' tiny flakes of spawn or pat," as ie oyster spawn Is called we floated 5ut Into the water one day on "the flats." At first we were white and apparent ly lifeless. Then we turned gray and Anally black. At this stage we became visibly alive. Tor several days we floated, the sport of waves and tides, Some of my brothers were carried out to sea and so vanished; others were iwallowed by flsh. At last we all be gan Instinctively to sink toward the bottom. Then began again terrible destruc tion. Many fell on mud the most fa tal thing a young oyster can da These perished at once. Others attached themselves to plants and weeds which grow at the bottom of tho sea. They lived for a time so long at least as the plant remained alive. Then, when the plant died, they perished as welL Fortunately for myself, I drifted on toi a bit of "cuRchM that is to say, one of the oH shells which the dredgers and oyster men bo carefully scatter all over the tea floor at an oyster bed. I ettled with my deep shell uppermost and my flat or right shell neater the ground. At the time I did not know whjr I dtd this, t hare smca realised that ft wan beoaut in that position. I should be more easily able to eject the Bond and grit which a roogb sea some times stirs tip in shallow water. I at tached myself firmly to my anchorage Of "cuttch" and feH myseK at last fair ly started In life. i Soon I noticed that every single mor sel of shell or stone around me was tenanted by tiny oysters, all lying in the same position as myself and all firmly anchored. There I lay, unmoving, for nearly aN yenr. Food, In tho shape of tiny anl- malculie, which an oyster loves beBt, was plentiful. When the water was thick with It, we all opened our shells wide, and, making currents in the wa ter, by means of the tiny hairs which fringe our gills and which men call our .beards, we washed the dainties into our mouths. Our choicest delicacies were the minute green algce, which give to full grown oysters that greenish tlngo, that is the mark of the aristo cratic native. When I first anchored myself, I was but the twentieth of an inch in diame terso small, indeed, that a microscope would have been necessary to examine me. At' that stage my shell was per fectly transparent At the end of ten months I had in creased in diameter to fully the size Of a dime and become what la called - "brood." During all this time I had been learn ing many things. I found out that it was necessary to close my shell tight when dangers of various kinds threat ened, when the tide was low or, in win ter, when frost was severe. You may perhaps Imagine that an oyster Is a creature of such low organism that it cannot see or feel much of what is go ing on round about it But you are wrong. The mantle fringe of an oyster is very sensitive. If you watched us from a boat in calm water, you would see that the mere shadow of the boat crossing an oyster bed will cause those of us upon whom it falls to close our shells immediately. It was necessary to be most careful. Dangers were many and' terrible. Sea urchins prowled among us and de voured many. But of all our foes the worst, is the five fingered starfish. One of my sisters, anchored not a yard away, fell a vtetirn to this terror of the oyster beds. It clutched her with its long fingers. She closed her shell. , But the creature was not to be shak en oil. Hour after hour it clung there 'until on the second day after its first grip she, poor thing, opened her shell to get a 'mouthful of food. At once the starfish injetted into her a fluid which stupefied her so that she could not close again. Then the monster turned Itself inside out, shot itself into the open shell and devoured her. Then, one day a year after I had floated as "spat," came a startling change in my existence. Something huge and heavy came out of the shad ow of a boat above and approached, rasping and grating along the bottom. It was a great trinngular dredge of wrought iron. At the bottom was a flat bar with a blunt edge, known to the dredgers as the "bit" As the "bit" approached it scraped the bottom of the sea clean, and next ; instant I, too, found myself" lifted and dropped into the net, together with hundreds like myself and a miscel laneous collection of small soles and other things. One of the men sorted over the catch and, having selected all the oysters and spat, "shaded" the rest back Into the sea through a porthole. I, in company with enormous quan tities of other brood, was put into a "wash" a measure holding five and a quarter gallons-and relald. Here life was less eventful and food most plen tiful. To fatten well an oyster must have a certain amount of fresh water. In this snug retreat I passed from . brood to half ware and from half ware to ware, or full grown oyster. But I still went on growing and developing, until one day the dredge swept me up again, and I was raised once more intc the nnner air and ranidlv brought In. I was then dropped into a large bag and suspended in a tank of fresh sea water, which is constantly renewed. There I await my final fate, which will; I fear, be a fishmonger's counter New York News. Summer Excursion Bates and Special Train Service Now on Between Portland and (Jlatxop Heach. "I he Summer schedule" of the Astora & Columbia River Railroad has been In augurated between Portland, Astora, Gear hart and Seaside in connectoin with special round trip excursion tickets to all Clatsop and North Beach points, and train leaves Union Depot 8:00 A. M. daily and runs through direct, arriving at Astoria 11:30 A M . Gearhart 12:20 P. M. and Seaside 12 30 P. M. The Portland-Senside Flyer leaves Union Depot every Saturday at 2:3o P. M, arriving Astora 5:50 P. m. and runs hro ieh direct, arriving at Gearhart 6:40 P. M. and Seaside 6:50 P. M . In connectlonwith this improved service, special round trio season excursion tickets are sold from Portland to all Clatsop and North Beach points at rate of $4 00 for the round trip, good tor return passage uiuii Ort nth Special Commutatian tickets, good for five round trips, are sold from rortiana to same points for 1 15.00, good to return until Oct. 15th. Saturday Special round trip excursion tickets from Portland to all Clatsop and North Beach points on sale every Saturday at rate of $2 60 for round trip, good to re turn Sunday. Tickets sold from Portland to tyorth Beach points are Issued in connection with I R. & N. steamers from Astoria and bag gage Is transferred to and from depqt and steamer dock at Astoria free of Charge, and all tickets sold by the O. R & N. Co from Portland to Clatsop and North Beach points, art Interchangeable and will be honored on trains of this company In either direction between Portland and Astoria. For additional information address O. A. Stewart, Agent, 348 Alder St., Portland, Ore. or J. O. Mayo, G. F. & P. A., Astoria, Ore. Seasidt Souvenir of lo04 will be mailed to your address free upon application. Write for it. Short Crops at Logan. Mr. Fink, a farmer of the Logan district, says grain threshes from one third to one-half of the usual yield, oats going from ten to seventy bushels per acre,, the latter being from ex ceptional fields only. Inference. Dorothy Wliat Frank Werser ever could have seen in Bessie Brown is past my knowledge. Bella Why, Dorothy, I didn't know you cared so much for Frank. Boston Transcript. SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County ol Clackamas. O. F. Vonderahe, plaintiff vs. Wil liam W. Jones, Carrie P. Jones, defend ants. To William W. Jones and Carrie P. Joneti, the above named defendants. In the name of tne btate ot uregon, you are hereby required to appear and answer th complaint filed against you in the above entitled action within six eeka from the date of the first publica tion of this summons; and if you fail 10 answer, for want thereof, the plaintiff will take judgment against yon, and each of you, for $35 82 and interest thereon since May 13th, 1898, at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, together with $35 attorney s lees, ana costs; ana for an order of sale, of the following de scribed real estate, which baa been at tached in this action, to-wit: Beginning at a point 6.71 chains north, and 17.52 chains east of the one quarter Bection corner Detween sections nine ard ten in township two south of ranee two east of the Willamette Merid ian ; thence south 16.68 chains; thence west fifteen feet; thence south 3.75 chains; thence east 3 rods and 15 feet; thence nortli 3.0 cnains; inence east 12.18 chains to eoutheast corner of our land ; thence north 16.58 chains; thence west 12.93 chains to the place of begin ning containing 22 acres of land, more or less. Thi" summons is published by order of the Hon. Thomas A. McBnde, judue rf the su id court, dated July 25th, 1904. First publication being dated friday, the 29th of July, 1904, and the last to be on Ftiday, the 9th day of September, 1903. C. D. & D. C. Latourettk, Attorneys for Plaintiff. PETITION FOR LICENSE. . " In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Clackamac. In the matter of the application of H. Jacques for Liquor License. To the Honorable County Court of the State of Oregon for County of Clack amas : 1 Whereas. The number of votes cast, at the last general election in the pre cinct of Oswego. Clackamas County, Oregon, was 130 votes; and Wliereas, We the undersigned consti tute a majority of said voters ; and I Whereas, H. Jacques is desirous of , obtaining a license to sell spirituous, vinous malt, and fermented liquors in quantities less than a gallon in said precinct; Now Therefore, We, the undersigned, said voters of said preoinct.hereby pe tition your Honorable Body that a li cense to sell said spirituous, vinous, malt, and fermented liquors in quau tities less than one gallon may issue to said H. Jacques, and that the time which said license shall cover shall be the term of twelve months from the 5th day of October, 1904, W L Sui dow, J H Manning, L E Morrell, I Austin, P Keyzer, Joseph Woell, A J Fuller, D W Kelsey, A Fortener, Q O Worth ington, R Woodard, Ed Da vis, W L Davis, J N Lykes, E Kiser, J George Nagl, S Piatt, John Kiser, Chas DeLashmutt, Harry Farmer, S M Brown, E Worthington.P Hawkins, Jos Bachle, Theo Steinhilber, J Mo Mangh, ; D Erickson, Chas Carlson, T J Brown, Joseph Lemery, W Piatt, E B Gates, G S GateB, Jerry O'Brien, Henry Koenig, Herman Koenig, Ohas A Groshens, J L Davis, John Bow les, G Kiser, W H Yates, P Maeter, M J Worthington, A Tapfer T J Whit tier. Rich Ball, E E Coon, H O Grab- enhnrst' E Halliman, O O Thompson, , I N Davis, J F Grabenhurst, A Wal dorf, P Dooley, A Nelson, James Fee- ney, H liana, J i uoyien, a uonrana, Philip Pollard, Edward Pollard, Fer dinand Pnymbrook, Ed Barker, Tom Barker, F W Wanker, Peter Pnylaet, Jos Bickner. Alex McBeath, M Did- znn, Jos Zivny, .Gottfr Lehman, Henry Lueg, Martin Blanken, Alex Rankin. O F Meagher, Oliver A Rat- cliff, Eathan McMaugh, M R Monoh on, U Erixon, G E Oline, D Munro, F V Whittier, J L Hale, J N Bivert, A G Shaver. A F Bergan, Wm Wor thington, A E Campbell, O L Sulli van, J firickson, A J xsicKnm, Ameae Seguin, Oonrat Meyers, Steve Blan ken, Al Seguin, John McGuire, O Anderson, F Dhoohge, T Hughes, Frank Whittin, Russ De Lashmutt, J E McOntcheon, William Halliman, Charles Weltner, J N Stone, W E Thurman, John Abeln, Fred Brock, O O Davidson, R O Worthington.. j;H Piatt. In, accordance with the above peti tion, I will on the. 5th day of Octo ber, 1904, or as soon thereafter as the court meets, apply to the county oourt of Ulackamas uounty, uregon, lor a license to sell spirituous, vinous and nialfc honors in th eprecinct or us- wego, Oswego, Oregon, for a period of twelve months. Dated Septembr 2nd, 1904. H. JAOUES, OREGON and Union Pacific 3-TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY 3 Through Pullnran standard and tourists sleeping cars daily to Omaha, Chicago, Spokane, tourist sleeping cars (personally conductde), weekly to Chicago and Kan sas city. Reclining chair cars (seats free) to the East daily. 70 HOURS Portland to Chicago Nojchange of cars 70 DEPART FOR Chicago Portland Special 9:15 a m via Huntington Atlantic Express 8:15 p. m. via Hunting ton: Spokana Flyer 6:15 p. n. via Spokane TIME SCHEDULES from Portland, Ore. Salt Lake. Denver, Ft. Worth, Omaha, K .nsas City, St. Louis, Chicago and the East, Salt Lake, Denver, Ft. Worth, Omaha, Kansas City, Salt Lake, Chicago and the East, Walla Walla. Lewlston. Spokane, Wallace, Pull man, Minneapolis, M, Paul, Duluth, Milwaukee, Chicago and East. ARRIVE FROM 6:25 p. m, 7:15 8:00 1. 1 OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE For San Francisco Every five days at 8:00 p. m. For Astoria, way points and North Beach Daily (except Sunday) at at 8 P. m.; Saturday at 10:00 p. m. Dally service (water permittlng(n Willamette and Yamhill Rivers. For full information ask or Write your nearest ticket agent. A. L. CRAIC. General Passenger Agent The Oregon Railroad and Navagatlon Co. Portland, Ore. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. - ... SUMMONS. .; ; In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Clackamas. O. L. Mason, Plaintiff, vs. Julia A. Mason, Defendant. To- Jnlia A. Mason, the above named defendant : In the name of the State' of Oregon, you are hereby required to appear and answer the compliant filed against you in the above entitled Court, ou or be fore the 15th day of October, 1904, and if yon fail to appear or answer for want thereof, the plaintiff will apply to the Oourt for the relief demanded in the complaint, tp-wit : For a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between the plaintiff and defendant, and for such other aud fur ther relief as may be just and proper. This summons is served upon yon by publication, pursuant to an order of Hon. Alfred F. Sears, Judge of the above entitled court, on this first day of October, 1904. The date of first pub lication being the 1st day of Septem ber, 1904. T. B. McDevitt.Jr., Attorney for Plaintiff. LOST On eveningof August 27th between Oregon Cityand Parkplace, lady's chatelaine bag containing breast pin, some coin, and valuable papers. A suitable reward will be paid for its return to this office. L. W. Ingram. tromg Hunting ? If So, Get Your Guns and Ammunition From Uj i Xmh & Sawyer. Hand Loaded Shells, Guaranteed On account of a part of our store being rented for other purposes,' we are obliged to reduce our stock of HIGH GRADE BICYCLES At greatly reduced prices. We have just received a shipment of DAMASCUS CUTLERY every blade warranted. NOTICE Parties having wheels rspaired will please call, as storage will be charged after ten days. GENERAL REPAIRING DONE LEAVES UNION DEPOT. ARRIVES 8:80 a, m, For Maygers, Rainier, Dally Dally Clatskannle, Westport, Clifton, Astoria, War renton, Flavel, Ham. :3op. m. mond, -Fort Stevens 11:30 a.m. Saturday ' Gearhart, Park. Seaside, yonly g and Seasnore. ' v. p. m, Astoria Express tx, aai. ualiy. 9;4o p. m. For further Information address. J. C. Mayo. Astoria. Oregon- OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO. STR.LE0NA Will make Four Round Trips daily bet. Oregon City and Portland Leaves Portland 8.30 A.M. . 11.30 3.00 P.M. 6.15 Leaves Ore. City 7.00 A. M. 10.00 1.30 P. M. 4.30 The Most Picturesque River Ride In Oregon SDeclal Attention elven to the Handllnz of Freight. Landings on week davs at Osweeo and Magoan's only. All Landings made Sun days. PORTLAND DOCK TAYLOR ST. OREGON CITY DOCK EIGHT ST. Corvailis & Eastern Railroad TIME CARD NO. 26 No. 2 for Yaquina Leaves Albany 12 ;45 P. M. Leaves Corvailis 1 :45 P. M. Arrives Yaquina 5 :40 P. M. No. 1 Returning Leaves Yaquina 7:15 A. M. Leaves Corvailis 11 :30 A. M. Arrives Albany 12:15 P. M. No. 3 for Detroit- Leave -Albany 1 :00 P. M. Arrives Detroit 6:00 P. M. No. 4 from Detroit Leave Detroit 6:30 A.M. Arrives Albany 11:15 A. M. Train No 1 arrives in Albany in time to connect with the 8. P. south bound train, as well as giving two or three hours in Albany before departure of 8. P. north bound train. Train No. 2 connect with the 8. P. trains at Corvailis and Albany, giving direct service to Newport and adjacent beaches. Train No. 3 for Detroit, Breltenbueh and other mountain resorts leaves Al bany at 1:00 p. m., reaching Detroit about 6 :00 p. in. For further information apply to EDWIN STONE, Manager. T. COOKRELL, Agent, Albany. H. H. CRON1SE, Agent, Corvailis. Columbia river sand for sale. C. N, Grkenman. w( V If ' 1 V i I Make Your Mark In the World Don't be satisfiedto work along in the same old way for low wages. We have helped thousands carve out successful careers. We can help you do the same. 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